Kareena Kapoor Khan has worked in Bollywood for almost 2 decades, but she has never attempted an action sequence. However, the actor claims that voicing of Black Widow in the Hindi version of Marvel Wastelanders has whetted her appetite for it. Given the desire of many female heroines in this genre, she believes that filmmakers would examine female action films.
Kareena told PTI, “There have been so many actors here doing action-packed roles. Maybe now people will explore female-action oriented (films). But I, personally, haven't done something like that, like a cool assassin or spy, because I am always shying away from action.” She further added, “Somehow, I don't know if I would be able to do action, but I know I will be good at it. You never know, now I am giving my voice, next maybe, you don't know...”
Kareena also reveals that she used to be scared of doing action stunts, which is why she had made it clear that she would not be a part of any action film. “I made it so clear that I am not open to action that people are now scared to offer an action movie. I have been scared to do stunts, harness, I don't know (why). Now, everything is done so amazingly well,” she said.
Both Kareena and her actor-husband Saif Ali Khan will voice for iconic Marvel characters Black Widow and Peter Quill, respectively, in two separate shows for the Hindi adaptation of Marvel's audio series Wastelanders.
The actor claimed that while she is honoured that Indian actors are given the chance to work in Hollywood. She also said that she isn't actively hunting for work there because her children, Taimur and Jeh, are still very young. She said, “People from here are going to the West, hoping that a lot of actors from the west would come here, we would be equally honoured and excited. I don't mind working with Ryan Gosling.” She further added, “I never wanted to do that (act in Hollywood). I am too rooted here. My babies are too young, I got married and everything happened so fast. Now, it is impossible to leave them. But, Marvel comes here," she said.
Being an Indian actress herself, Kareena is delighted that the new Marvel Audible series would be in Hindi. “These characters are going to be Indian and are going to be owned by Indian actors through their voice, which everyone across India and globe will be hearing,” she added.
Kareena further shared that her actor-husband Saif felt that she would be the perfect voice for the character of Black Widow. She said, “They (makers) cast our voice at the same time because I remember telling Saif, 'I am offered Black Widow' and he was like, 'You have to do it because you are the perfect Black Widow and there is no one else who could dub it'. I kept reading about her character and figured that I was resonating with it a lot. Saif has already lent his voice for his character. We are very excited about it.”
She further spoke on how lending your voice for a character can be difficult. She stated, “As an actor, I am used to having a visual in front of me and enacting whether you are performing or dubbing. Here, you don't have anything, you have to visualise and imagine it. So, it is a lot more hard work.”
On the work front, Kareena has busy 2023. She will be next seen in The Crew alongside Tabu and Kriti Sanon. She also has a thriller with Sujoy Ghosh adapted from the book 'The Devotion of Suspect X', which is based on the 2005 bestselling Japanese novel. In her pipeline, she also has a murder mystery with Hansal Mehta.
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